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Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau ? Biographical Introduction ? His Major Works a. Walden b. Introduction to Walden c. Narrative Point of View d. Thoreau ’ s ideas embodied in his Walden ? Comparative Studies: a. Thoreau & Emerson b. Thoreau & Tao Yuanming c. Thoreau ’ s Idea & Chinese Traditional Ideas Biographical Introduction ? American essayist, poet, naturalist, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist (美国超验主义) ? Birth place: Born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817 (美国马萨诸塞州的康科德) ? Education Experience: studied at Harvard University(1833 and 1837). ? His relationship with Emerson: Emerson ’ s truest disciple (弟子) and friends. ? Residence at Walden Pond: in 1845, he began to take a two-year-residence at Walden Pond Continuing …? Thoreau was a protester as well. Disapproved of the government ’ s conduct of the Mexican War (美墨战争) by refusing to pay his poll tax . (人头税) (was sent to jail one night). ? In 1835, he contracted Tuberculosis (肺结核) and suffered from it afterwards. He died in 1862 and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. (睡谷公墓) Henry David Thoreau ? Biographical Introduction ? His Major Works a. Walden b. Introduction to Walden c. Narrative Point of View d. Thoreau ’ s ideas embodied in his Walden ? Comparative Studies: a. Thoreau & Emerson b. Thoreau & Tao Yuanming c. Thoreau ’ s Idea & Chinese Traditional Ideas Walden ? type of work · Essay ? genre · Autobiography; moral philosophy; natural history; social criticism ? time and place written · 1845 – 1854, Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts ? date of first publication · 1854 ? narrator · Henry David Thoreau ? Walden : description of his life near the pond called Walden belonging to Emerson. The author lived there for nearly two years with only an axe at the beginning. This book was a failure in his own time but became very popular in the 20th century. Walden presented Thoreau's unusual interest in nature